In the past when I have encountered files that I could not delete from a command line, I resort to gui tools. I found the simplest method was to open up the sftp window form my SSH client on my workstation and delete it from there. Don't know why it works differently, but it does. HTH Regards, Marshall -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew.Bridgeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:04 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Cannot remove files with any rm commands I have a weird situation where i have three directories that i need to remove but when i do a rm -rf it just says "cannot remove directory - Directory not empty" even with 777 permission's on it. I think i have a problem with a couple of files that live in the directories because when i CD to the directory with the files in. If i do an ls i can see the name of the file but if i do ls -al i get an error " Cannot access No such file or directory". I have tried renaming, moving but had no luck and i need to clear this directory structure to carry on doing some more work. Has anybody seen this before and how can i rectify this problem? Any help is much appreciated. Regards [IMAGE](Embedded image moved to file: pic09161.jpg) ********************************************************************** This transmission is confidential and must not be used or disclosed by anyone other than the intended recipient. Neither Corus Group Plc nor any of its subsidiaries can accept any responsibility for any use or misuse of the transmission by anyone. ********************************************************************** -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
